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History

Although in the township there are some proves that show the presence on the prehistoric man, its origins, as the ones of most of the villages in the county, are found in the years after the Reconquista. The first document that is known and is referred to the village dated from 1297.

We know that it was a part of the township of Aleixar until the firsts thirty years of the 14th.century. After this, it belonged to the Prades Earldom until it got extincted.

The village contributed with some men to the "Carlista" army, which was actually done by the closest villages to Vilaplana.

During the last Guerra Carlina (1873), the liberal supporter in the village fought from the church. Therefore, Cercos, Cucala and the priest of Flix attacked this site and killed the hostages in El Albiol, with the aim that the other Carlistas of El Mas de Mariner would learn the lesson.

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Local festivities

"Festes Majors": on the 20th.of January (Sant Sebastià); on the 12th.of October (Nativitat de la Mare de Déu); 15th.of May (Sant Isidre).

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Remarkable places

The most important building in the village is the Parish Church. It was made in honour to the Natividad de la Mare de Déu. It was inaugurated in 1738. It has a Baroque facade, and inside it, there is a Romance figure of La Mare de Déu de la Llet that comes from the first Romance church. In the facade there is a Gothic image of another Mare de Déu.
Within the township we can find a fortified "Masía", which was built during the second half of the 17th.century. It is called "Mas d'en Morenet".

Cave Paintings: Within the township there are some cave paintings that are a part of the set of cave paintings of the Mediterranean sea side that have been declared "Patrimonio de la Humanidad" since 1998.

 

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Bibliography

- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
- Saludes Rebull, Isidre. - Vilaplana a mig del segle XVIII
Monografia històrica. - Vilaplana: Parròquia, 1978
- Amigó i Anglès, Ramon. - Els topònims del terme municipal i del poble de La Mussara .- Tarragona: Diputació, 1963.
- Butlletí Informatiu "Serres". - Secció Excursionista del Centre de Lectura de Reus, 1986, nº 56.

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